Frond (world)

Frond/Cronor (Spinward Marches 0810) Milieu 1116 E9C3300-9 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere C Exotic (insidious) Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 3 Low (1 thousand) Government 0 No Government structure Law 0 No Law Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	F8 V
Worlds	12
Gas Giants	3
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	No government
Law Level	No law
Cultural Extension	1114
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	9
Economic Extension	821-5 Resources 8 Moderate Labor 2 Low (100) Infrastructure 1 Extremely limited Efficiency -5 Extremely poor
Importance Extension	-2
Resource Units	8
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	2.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-E
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Frond is a fluid world with an oceanic geography of a liquid other than water such as ammonia, methane, hydrocarbons, or other exotic liquids. The system supports a population of fewer than 10,000 sophonts. It is a client state of Third Imperium in the Cronor Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector.

• Frond is a member of the Spinward Main.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Frond has a solitary primary star.

• It is a white main sequence.

Frond has a solitary primary star.

Primary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	F8 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		1.18	6050 - 6180	1.78479
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0114	0.1108	1.24 - 2.17	1.14	11.4
	Orbit #	*	0	4	3	7
	Remarks

System Data

The worlds of the system have been surveyed. They consist of:

• The mainworld.
• x8 secondary rocky worlds.
• x3 gas giants.

Mainworld Data

Large amounts of silver and rare metals are found on the surface of this methane world. The atmosphere is so hostile that vacc-suit seals are breached within 1.5 hours: as such only smaller, independent belters attempt to work Frond.

Mainworld Size (S)

Frond is a Big World between 13,600km and 15,200km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 1G and 1.3G. The horizon will appear about 5.4km away. Vessels with only 1G of thrust should avoid landing on this world.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Frond has an Insidious Atmosphere which requires the use of a Hostile Environment Suit or Vacc Suit, but extreme conditions cause the corrosive effects to defeat any personal protective measures in a few hours. TL–10 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Frond has 25-35% of its surface covered by a fluid other than water. Wilderness refueling is not possible. Water for the inhabitants needs to be imported and extensively recycled. These worlds may be Hell Worlds.

• This surface fluid may be ammonia, methane, hydrocarbons, or other exotic liquids depending on the local temperature and environment.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

No centrally held map of the world exists within AAB Library Data records.

(Blank map, exotic world.)

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IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

0810 Frond (Independent)

Starport: Class I.

Diameter: 8,844 miles (14,200 km).
Atmosphere: Insidious methane-based.
Hydrographics: 39%.
Climate: Very cold.
Population: 1,000.
Government: None.
Control Level: 0.
Tech Level: 9.
World Trade Number: 2.5.

History & Background (Dossier)

Following the Fifth Frontier War Frond becomes a Non-Aligned world.

References

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 4-5.
• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 18-19.
• Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 94-100. (UWP only)
• Rob Caswell. "Domain of Deneb: Sector Data." MegaTraveller Journal 3 (1992): 47-58. (UWP only)
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 36. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 41-42.
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 98. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 26.
• Martin Dougherty. Showing the Sunburst (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 9.